Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-23
LESSON WITH A MORAL.

When Will Our Eyes be Opened to the
Great National Calamity.
The year 1886 played sad havoc with
many prominent meu Of our country.
Many of them died without warning,
passing away apparently in the full flush
of life.
Others were sick but comparatively
short time. We turn to our files and are
astonished to find that most of them died
of apoplexy, OF paralysis, of nervous pros
tration, of malignant blood humors, OF
Bright's disease. of heart disease of kid
ney disease, of rheumatism or of pneu-
mOnia.
1t is singular that most of our prom
inent men die of these disorders. Any
journalist who watches the telegraph re-
ports, will be astonished at the number OF
prominent victims of these disorders.
Many statements have appeared in our
paper with others to the effect that the
diseases that. Carried off SO many prom.
inent men in 1886, are really one disease,
taking different names according to the To-
cation of the fatal effects.
When q valuable horse perishes, it be-
comes the nine days talk of the sporting
world, and yet thousands of ordinary
horses are dying every day, their aggregate
loss is enormous, and yet their death
creates no comment.
So it is with individuals. The cause of
death OF prominent men creates comment,
especially when it can be shown that one
unsupported disease carries off most of
them, and yet vast numbers of ordinary
men and women die before their time every
year from the same cause"
1t is said il the blood is kept free from
uric acid, that heart disease, paraly sis, ner-
vous prostration, pneumonia, rheumatism
and many cases OF consumption would
never be known. This uric acid, we are
fold 10 h. - ~F -
the duty of the kidneys to remove this
waste.
We are told that If the kidneys are main
tanned in perfect health, the uric, kidney
acid is kept out Of the blood, and these
sudden and universal diseases caused by
uric acid will, in q large measure, disap-
pear.
But how shall this be done2 It is folly to
treat effects. Ii there is any known way OF
getting at the cause, that way should he
known to the public. We believe that War
ner's safe cure, of which Sc snuch has been
written, and 30 much talked Of by the pub
lie generally, is now recognized by impair
tial physicians and the public as the one
specific for such diseases.
Because public attention hae been di-
rected to this great remedy by means OF
advertising, some persons have not be.
lieved in the REMEDY. We cannot see how
public in any other way, and his valuable
specific should not be condemned because
some nostrums have come before the pub.
lie in the same way, any more than that
all doctors should be condemned because
30 many of them are incompetent.
1t is astonishing what good opinions you
hear on every SIDE of that great remedy
and public opinion thus based upon an
actual experience. has all tho weight and
Importance of absolute truth.
At this time OF the year, the uric acid in
the blood invites pneumonia and rheu
matism, and there is rot man who does
not dread these monsters OF disease; but
he need have no fear of them we are told,
ii he rid the blood of the uric acid cause.
These words are strong, and may sound
like an advertisement, and be rejected as
such by unthinking people, but we believe
they are the truth, and as such should be
spoken by every truth loving newspaper.